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Satellites & Monuments Wester Hailes, Edinburgh 1992

Commissioned by Lux Europae - International Light Art Exhibition 1992
Produced in collaboration with Matthew Dalziel, and involved the participation of local people in Wester Hailes.

(Left ) One of two disused multi-storey blocks of flats illuminated over five nights to coincide with the European Summit taking place in Edinburgh, using 5o,ooo watts of projected light and lighting gel.

(Below) Eighty high-powered slide projections of portraits of local people, and comments by them in relation to the idea of a European Union. Projected onto gable end of a disused block of flats during the Opening Event.